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  • THE Constitution proposed by the convention may be considered under two general points of view. The FIRST relates to the sum or quantity of power which it vests in the government, including the restraints imposed on the States. The SECOND, to the particular structure of the government, and the distribution of this power among its branches.

    Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1831). “The Federalist on the New Constitution”, p.200
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